Dubai Garage Holds Guinness World Record Emirates Financial Towers was awarded the record for “Largest Automated Parking Facility” by Guinness World Records. Gerhard Haag’s Robotic Parking System Inc. was contracted for the design and construction of this 1,200 space automated parking facility. All of the machinery for the Emirates Financial Towers was manufacturered at Haag’s 100,000+ sq ft. factory in Clearwater, Florida. Once the machinery’s automation components were programmed, the machinery was vigorously tested before being shipped to Dubai. The Robotic Parking System technology is patented in the US, China, India, Russia and other countries. Additional patents are pending in the UAE and numerous countries throughout the...

Video: UK News on the Need for Automated Parking This news video from the UK explains the need for automated parking and includes footage on a Robotic Parking Systems Inc. facility beginning at 0:45. Statistics have shown that as much as 50% of traffic in urban areas is due to people driving around looking for a convenient and available parking...

Dubai Fire Safety Guidelines Monteverdi’s extensive experience in implementing fire prevention measures in the construction of robotic parking garages in the United Arab Emirates was instrumental in developing the UAE’s Civil Defense Code for Robotic Parking, which now serves as the code for all future robotic parking projects in the...

Gerhard Haag Helps Define US Fire Safety Codes The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) in the US is responsible for establishing the building standards to ensure that parking garages and other structures are fire-safe, and that hazards to users are controlled or eliminated. In 2010 and 2011, Gerhard Haag, who sits on the NFPA’s Technical Standards Committee for Garages and Parking Structures, was instrumental in getting the needs of the automated parking industry recognized in this key international code. In 2011 the NFPA released the new edition of “NFPA 88A: Standard for Parking Structures”, including guidelines for automated parking structures in the standards for the first time. A new chapter on Special Structures also included definitions and requirements for Automated Mechanical Type Parking Structures as a new genre of parking...